New Defender's Study Bible Notes

4:6 nor by power. This assurance would encourage the governor to proceed with the building of the temple, regardless of the great opposition the project had generated. The promise likewise should encourage Christians in every future time not to rely on political power, strength of numbers or human stratagems to do the work of God, but on God’s Spirit. The New Testament frequently stresses this great truth (e.g., I Corinthians 1:26-31).